"Flags of Our Fathers" is a human drama of friendship and love, sacrifice and manipulation, set against the violent conflict of the battle of Iwo Jima. The film focuses equally on the war and home, crosscutting between the viciousness of the battle and the manufactured propaganda campaign and careful manipulation of the image that followed--issues that remain prevalent today. As "Flags of Our Fathers" shows how the photograph became the very beginning of celebrity worship, the film questions our need to create and celebrate heroes, sometimes at a cost.
Production DreamWorks SKG; Warner Bros. Pictures; Amblin Entertainment; Malpaso Productions;
Cast Names Ryan Phillippe; Jesse Bradford; Adam Beach; John Benjamin Hickey; John Slattery; Barry Pepper; Jamie Bell; Paul Walker; Robert Patrick; Neal McDonough; Melanie Lynskey; Thomas McCarthy; Chris Bauer; Judith Ivey; Myra Turley; Joseph Cross; Benjamin Walker; Alessandro Mastrobuono; Scott Reeves; Stark Sands; George Grizzard; Harve Presnell; George Hearn; Len Cariou; Christopher Curry; Bubba Lewis; Beth Grant; Connie Ray; Ann Dowd; Mary Beth Peil; David Patrick Kelly; Jon Polito; Ned Eisenberg; Gordon Clapp; Michael Cumpsty; V.J. Foster; Kirk B.R. Woller; Tom Verica; Jason Gray-Stanford; Matt Huffman;
Release Date 2006-10-20
Genres Action; Drama; History; War;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for sequences of graphic war violence and carnage, and
for language.